2007-04-10 19:00:38Ding
The Missing Piece
Yvette 原導讀
今天很開心大家都能在這裡，一起分享讀書心得，而且剛好全部都是女生！這是一本很棒的寓言。
For me, it can be a “career.” When I was younger, I would say it was a mate. I was longing for romantic love, maybe. Later I “got mature” and knew more about life. Romantic love may not be necessary, but work dominates my life. To search for a perfect career becomes the essential desire.
It seems we are talking about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I agree with all who set different goals in different stages of life. It seems that we all search for different things in different time of life. When we are young we only want to satisfy our physiological needs: eating, drinking, sleeping. Then we know how to love and care to be loved. When we get out of our family and set foot on the big world, social status and self-esteem will be more important. Then many of us know how to sacrifice the daily pleasure in order to achieve self-realization. Don’t forget that in the process of searching, the Big O which misses a piece enjoys the company of the flowers, butterflies, beetles and the worms. That is called aesthetic need.
Actually many people would consider the Big O as a male and the Missing Piece as a female. I have to say that a Christian can easily specify this, because it is a fable with Biblical allusion. Let’s make it explicit: The Big O is Adam, because God created Eve out of Adam’s rib, Adam has to look for his bride in order to make himself “complete.” If we think in this Christian way, the question will be too boring. I am so curious how you portray the two “characters.”
For me, it can be a “career.” When I was younger, I would say it was a mate. I was longing for romantic love, maybe. Later I “got mature” and knew more about life. Romantic love may not be necessary, but work dominates my life. To search for a perfect career becomes the essential desire.
It seems we are talking about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I agree with all who set different goals in different stages of life. It seems that we all search for different things in different time of life. When we are young we only want to satisfy our physiological needs: eating, drinking, sleeping. Then we know how to love and care to be loved. When we get out of our family and set foot on the big world, social status and self-esteem will be more important. Then many of us know how to sacrifice the daily pleasure in order to achieve self-realization. Don’t forget that in the process of searching, the Big O which misses a piece enjoys the company of the flowers, butterflies, beetles and the worms. That is called aesthetic need.
Actually many people would consider the Big O as a male and the Missing Piece as a female. I have to say that a Christian can easily specify this, because it is a fable with Biblical allusion. Let’s make it explicit: The Big O is Adam, because God created Eve out of Adam’s rib, Adam has to look for his bride in order to make himself “complete.” If we think in this Christian way, the question will be too boring. I am so curious how you portray the two “characters.”
You did a wonderful job! Guess your computer has been well again.
對我而言，這是一個近似於「道家」的解釋
跌跌撞撞地摸索，很多時候造就了人生的樂趣
得以享受雨過天青的輕鬆、驚喜
不斷地need，其實也是一種前進的動力
但當你玩過、累過、體驗了種種
就該懂得 放下
放下得到的沒得到的
放下討厭的不討厭的
放下在意的不在意的
停下來和蝴蝶說說話 聞一聞花香
然後 繼續往前走
不 我最近太忙了 沒有空帶小p(my computer`s name)去看醫生 只能仰賴電腦教室了
很抱歉一開始沒規劃好 所以現在必須移動部分留言 希望大家不介意 感謝!!